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DANIE G. KRIGE
Pages 193-198

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... RAMANI DANIE GERHARDUS KRIGE, a pioneer in the application of basic tenets of mathematical statistics to evaluation of mineral ore deposits, died on March 2, 2013, at the age of 93 in Johannesburg. He is survived by his wife Ansie, son Jaco and wife Maria, daughter Tersia and husband Tinus, daughter Helene and husband Johan, daughter Annemarie, stepdaughter Anelle and husband Johan, stepdaughter Elna, and 19 grandchildren.
From page 195...
... In 1951 he was awarded an MSc in engineering from the Wits for his research on the application of mathematical statistics to ore evaluation. His work laid the foundation for important mining industry sampling and estimation concepts such as sample support, spatial structure, weighted moving averages, selective mining units, and ore tonnage curves.
From page 196...
... As a professional engineer, he served for many years on the mining committee of the Engineering Council of South Africa. He was elected an honorary life member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, which he served as a treasurer for an extended period of time and from which he received several honors: gold medals in 1980 and 1996, silver medals in 1979 and 1993, and the highest award, the Brigadier Stokes Memorial Award (a platinum medal)
From page 197...
... He was also the recipient of several major international awards. He was a founding member of the International Association of Mathematical Geology, which awarded him the William Christian Krumbein Medal in 1984 and called him the "father of mathematical mining geology." In 1987 the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration honored him with the prestigious Daniel C
From page 198...
... . To appreciate Danie Krige merely as a great mining engineer and an expert geostatistician would be a disservice to a great man.


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